Remember bowling? It to has a new face.

When I was a little tyke back in the early 50's I remember my old man taking me with him when he went bowling and they still had pin boys.
 

WheatenLover said:
I like bowling, but I'm not good at it. Seems like all my relatives on my father's side bowl. My grandma took me with her when she went bowling. I was interested in the vending machines. She was a good bowler - bowled 300 a goodly amount of times.

My hands are small (6" from tip of middle finger to wrist -- I use my hands to measure things), so I had to find a ball that didn't weigh too much. Eventually, I realized that my aim is poor with all balls I throw (like baseball, basketball, bowling ball). Never could correct that.

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I just measured mine... 6.5 inches wrist to tip of middle finger (y)
 

WheatenLover said:
I like bowling, but I'm not good at it. Seems like all my relatives on my father's side bowl.
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Same. Don't know if being Irish had anything to do with that.
WheatenLover said:
my aim is poor with all balls I throw (like baseball, basketball, bowling ball). Never could correct that.
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Likely because you threw with your arm instead of your shoulder. Your shoulder is supposed to do most of the work, including aim and velocity. Your arm is mainly for putting a little "English" on the ball now and then. Or a lot, like pitchers do.
 
Paco Dennis said:
Venture capitists are buying old bowling alleys, and completely remodeling them to include all kinds of new attractions. I bet it is gonna cost u more than 5 bucks to play a couple games in these new entertainment centers.
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There is no way I'd bowl in a jazzy place like that! It's like putting lipstick on a pig I already liked! I would not feel comfortable. The garish colors offend my sensibilities.
 
Murrmurr said:
Same. Don't know if being Irish had anything to do with that.

Likely because you threw with your arm instead of your shoulder. Your shoulder is supposed to do most of the work, including aim and velocity. Your arm is mainly for putting a little "English" on the ball now and then. Or a lot, like pitchers do.
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you have to do that with lawn Bowls which are small heavy wooden Bowls, played on the green ( lawn).... and thrown to hit the Jack ball..it's all completely in the Spin...

I don't know if you play it in the US....

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I actually have my own ball. It's a lighter ball that I had the finger holes drilled to my specs. I've had it for probably 50 years. I threw my bowling shoes away years ago because the leather got all stiff.

I always enjoyed bowling (the beer, the pizza, the kidding around) but not in a league. I subbed on occasion for someone else and I hated having my skill (actually the  lack of...) affect the others on the team.

I'd love to bowl again but until I get my right shoulder fixed up, it's a no-go. I can't seem to aim with my left hand.
 
Murrmurr said:
Same. Don't know if being Irish had anything to do with that.

Likely because you threw with your arm instead of your shoulder. Your shoulder is supposed to do most of the work, including aim and velocity. Your arm is mainly for putting a little "English" on the ball now and then. Or a lot, like pitchers do.
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No, Irish doesn't. It's just how I distinguish the two sides of my family. The point is nearly everyone bowls and belongs to a league.

I got a rotator cuff injury this Spring by pretending to be a Red Sox pitcher while throwing a dog toy. It took months to heal.
I got tennis elbow from throwing a snowball at my husband. (I missed.)

I've also had more than a few men teach me how to throw. They gave up. I should give up, too, since I am apt to injure myself. Yes, I think that's a good solution.
 
WheatenLover said:
I have never heard of it.
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Oh its HUGE in this country a very popular sport. It started off a few hundred years ago Francis Drake was reported to be a big fan.... but really as a sport for older people.. slow paced etc... now it's popular with all ages.... and there's big competitions...... but still many just local teams hwo play against each other in the village Bolwing club...
I've loved it since I was a child I used to go to the club and just watch from the benches, because kids weren't allowe to play..and they still aren't...

Most lan Bols is Played outdoors, but during bad weather it can be played indoors but it's slightly different rules

My father was the County Bowls secretary after he retired...


 
hollydolly said:
you have to do that with lawn Bowls which are small heavy wooden Bowls, played on the green ( lawn).... and thrown to hit the Jack ball..it's all completely in the Spin...

I don't know if you play it in the US....

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We had that game at a senior home where I was a nurse. No coincidence, the owner immigrated from Britain. She owned 2 senior care homes, and both of them offered the sport. The residents loved it!

And I think some cruise ships have a game similar to that....a revised version. Most cruise ships have shuffle-board instead, which is played on a wooden surface, or sometimes concrete. Also, ice. When it's played on ice, don't they call it bowling?
 
Murrmurr said:
We had that game at a senior home where I was a nurse. No coincidence, the owner immigrated from Britain. She owned 2 senior care homes, and both of them offered the sport. The residents loved it!

And I think some cruise ships have a game similar to that....a revised version. Most cruise ships have shuffle-board instead, which is played on a wooden surface, or sometimes concrete. Also, ice. When it's played on ice, don't they call it bowling?
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ice is called curling... it's a stone not a ball..... petanque is another similar game but with small steel balls....


 
WheatenLover said:
No, Irish doesn't. It's just how I distinguish the two sides of my family. The point is nearly everyone bowls and belongs to a league.
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I was kinda kidding
WheatenLover said:
I got a rotator cuff injury this Spring by pretending to be a Red Sox pitcher while throwing a dog toy. It took months to heal.
I got tennis elbow from throwing a snowball at my husband. (I missed.)
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:oops: Those are really painful. Hope you're healing okay.
WheatenLover said:
I've also had more than a few men teach me how to throw. They gave up. I should give up, too, since I am apt to injure myself. Yes, I think that's a good solution.
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Yeah, it sounds like you have structural weaknesses there.

When I was in my late 40s, while caring for my mom, I tore my rotator cuff in 2 places while changing the linens on her bed...well, while lifting the mattress, but I only lifted one corner...and the surgeon who fixed it agreed that I'd probably weakened the tendons in my shoulder playing baseball. I played for many consecutive years, sometimes year 'round (we had a winter league), and probly for too long; til I was 36.
 
Murrmurr said:
I was kinda kidding

:oops: Those are really painful. Hope you're healing okay.

Yeah, it sounds like you have structural weaknesses there.

When I was in my late 40s, while caring for my mom, I tore my rotator cuff in 2 places while changing the linens on her bed...well, while lifting the mattress, but I only lifted one corner...and the surgeon who fixed it agreed that I'd probably weakened the tendons in my shoulder playing baseball. I played for many consecutive years, sometimes year 'round (we had a winter league), and probly for too long; til I was 36.
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Thanks, I've felt fine for several weeks. I used to go right back to living my normal life, but a couple of times my shoulder got injured again. I'm still babying my shoulder. Better safe than sorry.

That's cool about playing baseball. My stepdaughter's stepfather joined the USAF back in the day, and his job was to play baseball! He's in his mid to late 80s now, so that was a long time ago.

I've messed up my rotator cuff 4 times. The time before last, all I did was mop the floor. Next morning, agony. I was particularly vigorous, intent on disinfecting the floor.
 
jujube said:
Bocce ball is fun and easy on the shoulders.

And then there's always "bowling on ice"....otherwise known as "curling". It's almost a religion in parts of Michigan and most of Canada.
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it's a very popular sport in Scotland where it was invented
 

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